LEAF RAPIDS MAN CHARGED

RCMP charged a 23-year-old Leaf Rapids man with second-degree murder in the death of a 55-year-old man last week. Matteo Baker is charged and remains in custody.

Police have been investigating the homicide since they were alerted to an unresponsive man in a residence on Nisku Bay in Leaf Rapids at about 8:50 a.m. Oct. 21.